WEBVTT MOLLIE: WHAT WOULD AND I WAS SUMMER BE WITHOUT A WONDERFUL OUTDOOR CONCERT? THIS SUMMER EVENING IN JOHNSTON IS ONE NOT TO BE MISSED. PETER STEPHENSON IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH CIVIC MUSIC/THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. TELL US ABOUT THE NEW BAND AND WHAT WE WOULD HEAR? GUEST: THE NEW SOUSA BAND WAS FORMED BY KEITH BRIAN, A GRAY CONDUCTOR. THEY ARE A PROFESSIONAL BAND MADE ABOUT MUSICIANS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT WILL FLY IN AND DRIVE IN FROM LACES LIKE PHILADELPHIA AND CALIFORNIA TO DES MOINES TO RESENT AND PERFORM THIS GREAT VISIT FOR US ON SUNDAY NIGHT. MOLLIE: IT IS ALL FREE? GUEST: ALL FREE. COME DOWN TO THE JOHNSON COMMONS. BRINKER PICKING BASKETS AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND BE READY FOR A GREAT, ENTERTAINING EVENING. MOLLIE: IT IS PATRIOTIC. YOU ALSO HAVE A SINGER THAT PERFORMS WITH THE BAND? GUEST: VIRGINIA CROSSGREE IS A FRIEND OF KEITH'S AND LOVES TO SING WITH THE BAND. SHE WILL BE SINGING A COUPLE OF SONGS. THERE WAS A SING-ALONG FOR THE AUDIENCE. THERE WILL BE MARCHES. "STARS & STRIPES FOREVER" WILL BE PERFORMED. ONE OF 136 MARCHES SOUSA WROTE. MOLLIE: YOU ARE BRUSHING UP. WHAT IS IT ABOUT HIS MUSIC? GUEST: THE ORIGINAL SOUSA BAND WHICH WAS FORMED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY WAS THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BAND AT THE TIME. THE FIRST ONE TO DO A WORLD TOUR. A COPY ATTENTION OF THIS NATION WHEN IT WAS FIRST EMERGING AS A NATIONAL POWER. A WORLD POWER. IT REPRESENTS FOR MANY OF US KIND OF A VISION OF THIS COUNTRY AT ITS BEST. IT STILL DOES TODAY I THINK FOR SOME HE PEOPLE. IS A VERY POSITIVE AND ENERGETIC, FUN MUSIC TO LISTEN TO. MOLLIE: IT WILL BE ALL FREE. BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS. GUEST: THE JOHNSON COMMONS IS A 5-10 ACRE LAWN, A GREAT PLACE TO COME IN AND LAY THE BLANKET OUT. BRINKER PICKING BASKETS AND JUST BEEN BEEN EVENING UNDER THE STARS. MOLLIE: AND CIVIC MUSIC WILL BE TAKING OFF IN ANOTHER MONTH OR SO. A LITTLE HINT ABOUT YOUR SEASON? GUEST: THIS IS A PRIVY TO OUR SEASON WHICH STARTS IN SEPTEMBER. CIVIC MUSIC PRESENTS CLASSIC AND JAZZ ON SEPTEMBER 10 WITH ETERNAL ALLEN STRING QUARTET. THAT WE ROLL INTO THE SEASON OCTOBER. IF YOU LIKE JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC,, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE. CIVICVISIT.ORG MOLLIE: THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN. IF IT RAINS, YOU HAVE OTHER PLANS? GUEST: THE JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT ON THE STREET IS OUR RAIN LOCATION. MOLLIE: BRING THE FAMILY. IT IS A CONCERT FOR ALL AGES. WEEVIL THAT YOU KNOW IT IS THIS SUNDAY AT 7:00 AT JOHNSON COMMENTS -- COMMONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE WONDERFUL ARRAY OF WHAT WILL BE COMING UP FOR ALL OF US, GO TO CIVICMUSIC.ORG. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO ALL OF US. WE ARE BACK WITH MORE AFTER THIS.